Hedemora Municipality

Hedemora kommun
Hedemora kommun
	— Municipality —
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Dalarna County
Seat	Hedemora
	Area
• Total	934.04 km2 (360.63 sq mi)
• Land	839.92 km2 (324.29 sq mi)
• Water	94.12 km2 (36.34 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
	Population (June 30, 2010)
• Total	15,195
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Dalarna
Municipal code	2083
	Density is calculated using land area only.

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Hedemora Municipality (Hedemora kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is in the city of Hedemora.

In 1966 the City of Hedemora was amalgamated with the rural municipality by the same name and with Husby.

[edit] Military history

Hedemora town was a recruit training place under Gustav Vasa's campaign against the Danes. In the victorius battle of Brunnbäck 1521 was Peder Svensson from the village Vibberboda in Hedemora Municipality one of the two commanding officers (the other was Olof Bonde from Norrbärke in Smedjebacken Municipality).

The Livkompaniet (company designated to protect the regiment chief) of Dalregementet was located in Hedemora and Husby parishes between 1682 and 1901. The head officers of Dalregementet also lived in Husby under this period, in Näs kungsgård and Husby kungsgård.